Phorcys is the son of Pontus and Gaia, and the brother of Nereus, Thaumus, Ceto, and Eurybia. In a genealogy from Plato's dialogue Timaeus, Phorcys,...
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fathered by Phorcys, another child of Gaia and Pontus. The small Solar System body 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite after Phorcys. Ceto was...
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Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ('daughters of Phorcys'), were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one...
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Phorcys is a primordial sea god in Greek mythology. Phorcys may also refer to: Phorcys (Trojan War), a hero of the Trojan War Phorcys (moon), a moon of...
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65489 Ceto (redirect from Phorcys (moon))
using the Hubble Space Telescope; the object was named Phorcys, formally (65489) Ceto I Phorcys, after the Greek sea god. Using an extended definition...
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according to Homer, the sea nymph daughter of the primordial sea god Phorcys, and the mother, by Poseidon, of the Cyclops Polyphemus. Homer, Odyssey...
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parents as Ceto and Phorcys. Hesiod and Apollodorus have the three Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale and Medusa as the daughters of Ceto and Phorcys For Hyginus, Gorgon...
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awe-striking "wonder" of the Sea, embodiment of the sea's dangerous aspects), Phorcys and his sister-consort Ceto, and the "Strong Goddess" Eurybia. With the...
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names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
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Greek mythology, Phorcys (/ˈfɔːrsɪs/; Ancient Greek: Φόρκυς, Phorkus) was a Phrygian ally of King Priam in the Trojan War. Phorcys appears in The Iliad...
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(10 in)). Phorcys and other gorgonopsians may then have been top predators in some Middle Permian assemblages. Only two specimens of Phorcys are known...
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alternatively daughters of Nyx and Erebus, of Atlas, of Atlas and Hesperis, of Phorcys and Ceto, or of Zeus and Themis. Either Hestia or Dionysus is considered...
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was a sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, and the full brother of Nereus, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia. According to Hesiod, Thaumas's wife was Electra (one...
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names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
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Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal. Medusa was beheaded by...
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Rhodes says that Crataeis was another name for Hecate, and that she and Phorcys were the parents of Scylla. Likewise, Semos of Delos says that Crataeis...
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Tethys are the parents of Cronus and Rhea and the other Titans, as well as Phorcys. In his Cratylus, Plato quotes Orpheus as saying that Oceanus and Tethys...
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Blacktip shark (redirect from Carcharias phorcys)
Carcharias microps Lowe, 1841 Carcharias muelleri Steindachner, 1867 Carcharias phorcys Jordan & Evermann, 1903 Carcharias pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1852 Carcharhinus...
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is "not clear which parents are meant", Athanassakis, p. 44, says that Phorcys and Ceto are the "more likely candidates for parents of this hideous creature...
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other water deities in Greek mythology, who share several traits; such as Phorcys, Glaucus, and perhaps Triton. It is suggested that the "Old Man of the...
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names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother. Most sources describe Medusa as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, though the author...
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The Phorcides /ˈfɔːrsɪˌdiːz/ or Phorcydes ("the daughters of Phorcys") may refer to: The Phorcides, another name for the Graeae in Greek mythology The...
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not at all mentioned and he is described as the offspring of Ceto and Phorcys, two sea deities. Contrastingly, in Roman mythology, Draco was one of the...
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Hesperides are also listed as the daughters of Atlas and Hesperis, or of Phorcys and Ceto, or of Zeus and Themis. In a Roman literary source, the nymphs...
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war. Ajax is responsible for the death of many Trojan lords, including Phorcys. Ajax often fought in tandem with his brother Teucer, known for his skill...
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"Proteus". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. See also Nereus and Phorcys Bartoněk, Antonin (2002). "Mycenaean words in Homer". In Clairis, Christos...
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daughters of the primordial sea-god Phorcys and the sea-monster Ceto, and the sisters of three other daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, the Graeae. However, according...
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several water-gods, generally Nereus or Proteus, but also Triton, Pontus, Phorcys or Glaucus. He is the father of Thetis (the mother of Achilles). In book...
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the daughters of Eurynome (a name for Earth) and Cronus, or of Earth and Phorcys (i.e. the sea). In Orphic literature, they are the daughters of Hades and...
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Aphrodite. By her son, Pontus, Gaia bore the sea-deities Nereus, Thaumas, Phorcys, Ceto, and Eurybia. Because Cronus had learned from Gaia and Uranus that...
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